if you like 4.5 emotionally, or appreciate the surface themes, it isn't consistent with the themes that had been built up until that point.
Oh absolutely. This is what I meant, but you said it much better. I think it goes beyond requiring intensive fan labor and merges into impossiblity. I mean, without outside footage or something, I don't think you can take the finale and make fit in any way with what came before, even if you liked it and really want to. This may be my prejudice talking, but I also think that people who DID like it are not producing tons of output because they have to distance themselves in many ways to love it. Except A/R people who are pretty much just producing 6 million fics about building cabins on the shores of the Styx. More widely, there's definitely a sense of "stop talking about it, your criticism is harshing my love." Production requires examination, and I find it hard to believe that BSG holds up to that kind of examination for too many people who would be inclined to explore the larger themes of the show. Even if you want to like the themes and the ending, the path to there is just not on the page.
"I HAVE CONFIDENCE." I AM JUST SAYING.
FUCKING FUCK A/R CAN FUCKING DIE IN A FUCKING AIRLOCK.
I bet I could find a fic about that for you. Probably several, actually.
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Oh absolutely. This is what I meant, but you said it much better. I think it goes beyond requiring intensive fan labor and merges into impossiblity. I mean, without outside footage or something, I don't think you can take the finale and make fit in any way with what came before, even if you liked it and really want to. This may be my prejudice talking, but I also think that people who DID like it are not producing tons of output because they have to distance themselves in many ways to love it. Except A/R people who are pretty much just producing 6 million fics about building cabins on the shores of the Styx. More widely, there's definitely a sense of "stop talking about it, your criticism is harshing my love." Production requires examination, and I find it hard to believe that BSG holds up to that kind of examination for too many people who would be inclined to explore the larger themes of the show. Even if you want to like the themes and the ending, the path to there is just not on the page.
"I HAVE CONFIDENCE." I AM JUST SAYING.
FUCKING FUCK A/R CAN FUCKING DIE IN A FUCKING AIRLOCK.
I bet I could find a fic about that for you. Probably several, actually.